Section 647 Transmittal Letter to Selective
Members of Congress

The following is the unaddressed text of DOL's Section 647 Report
Transmittal letter that was hand carried to 14 selective Members of Congress on
December 29th, 2005. The report addresses the Department's FY2005 Competitive
Sourcing activities.

"In compliance with Section 647(b) of Division F of the FY 2004
Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 108-199), and on behalf of the Secretary
of Labor Elaine L. Chao, I am pleased to submit the following enclosed
documents pertaining to the Department of Labor's (DOL) FY 2005 Competitive
Sourcing activities:

A spreadsheet summarizing programmatic information concerning the
Department's five (5) FY 2005 publicly announced competitions that are presently in
progress.
See
Attachment 2.

A spreadsheet depicting total actual savings for two (2) of the
Department's competitions that were completed in FY 2004.
See
Attachment 3.

A discussion of steps the Department has taken to align its
competitive sourcing and strategic human capital management initiatives.
See
Attachment 4.

The Department plans to conduct competitions involving approximately 833
full time employee equivalents in FY 2006.

The enclosed materials have been prepared in accordance with guidance in
OMB Memorandum M-06-01 (October 7, 2005). If you have any questions or require
any additional information, please contact me on (202) 693-4040, or have a
member of your staff contact Larry Clark, Director, Office of Competitive
Sourcing, at (202) 693-4020 or via e-mail at
clark.larry@dol.gov.